Table 1.
Sample characterization regarding gender, age, etiology, degree of hearing loss, duration of sensory deprivation, duration of hearing aid use, implanted side, and cochlear implant.
| Participant | Gender | Age at activation |
Etiology | Duration of sensory deprivation |
Duration of hearing aid use |
Implanted side |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | F | 21 m | Unknown | 12 m | 9 m | R |
| 2 | F | 31 m | Prematurity | 12 m | 18 m | R |
| 3 | M | 36 m | Meningitis | 24 m | 10 m | R |
| 4 | M | 9 m | Unknown | 3 m | 6 m | BE |
| 5 | M | 42 m | Unknown | 28 m | 13 m | L |
F, female; M, male; m, months; R, right; BE, both ears; L, left.